I have several times today read `ARISTEAS, IN SEVEN YEARS'.
This is the sort of poem that interests me very much. There is
the one narrators voice which may differentiate it from later work.
But it does tell Herodotus' story. The problem for me is that the
words arent quite good enough. Now and then they reach what I want
from the poem but, to me, there is a lack of that magic necessary
in delving into these parts. I think this to me is the essence of
my problem with Prynne. He has great intentions and uses unique
vocabulary but he just doesnt deliver the required vision. I
said previously that he doesnt communicate emotion but that is
not his intent. Perhaps he doesnt intend to communicate vision
either. There is so much to say and he just doesnt do it.
The problem for me is whether the inadequacy is in Prynne's
poetry or in me cos I dont see what he is trying to do.
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